DCAYA stands with the Every Student, Every Day Coalition in condemning this practice.

"The below members of the Every Student, Every Day Coalition condemn the pervasive use of undocumented suspensions and fraudulent attendance record-keeping practices at several DC Public Schools (DCPS) high schools. Last night, the Washington Post released an article, Some D.C. High Schools Are Reporting Only a Fraction of Suspensions (Matos & Brown, July 17, 2017), detailing the practice at various DCPS high schools of placing students on “do not admit” lists without properly documenting the suspension and without properly marking the student’s absence as excused."Read the rest of the statement here.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Summer jobs have been a hot topic on the national scene this
year, as research shows that they are in sharp decline. According to a
recent piece in the Atlantic by
Derek Thompson, “In the summer of 1978, 60 percent of teens were working or
looking for work. Last summer, just 35 percent were.” Thompson quickly debunks
a knee-jerk explanation: “kids are lazier these days!” In fact, data shows the
number of youth in the US who are disconnected from education, employment or
training has remained remarkably flat—meaning through one or more of these
activities, youth are keeping busy. More likely (and obvious to those familiar
with youth development) is a confluence of factors including increasing
competition for entry-level and lower-skill work, greater pressure for youth to
utilize summer months to get ahead or keep pace in their studies, the heavy
reliance on unpaid internships for early work experience, and a national
decline in federally funded summer jobs.